Digital Scrapbooking
With Photoshop Elements

The
majority of people who own and use Photoshop Elements are
using
this
great program from Adobe to modify and improve their digital images.
Typically they visit a site like this one to learn new and
better
techniques to produce stunning images.

The
scrapbookers of the world also want fabulous images and they take
Photoshop Elements one step further.

To
them Photoshop Elements is a creative tool to achieve
their
end
goal which is to make appealing and memorable pages complete with their
own stunning images.

Photoshop Elements is more than capable of
creating those wonderful images and then arranging
them in appealing and creative ways.

My job is to show you how to use the various pre-sets and scrapbook
features of
Photoshop Elements - your job is to use them efficiently so you can
combine your own
unique creativity with the power of Elements to prepare a scrapbook you
will be proud of!

This page has links to some basic Photoshop Elements tutorials as well
as some powerful digital imaging tutorials. Most of the
tutorials
include a video as well as a text description ...

This is a
digital scrapbooking page so there has to be specific
tutorials
with the scrapbooker in mind. Scroll down to find the
information
you need and then click on the link.

If you are new to Elements
then a quick look at the tool bar may be a good idea. You
will
find a summary right here ===>
Photoshop
Elements Toolbar.

Digital Editing Tutorials

The
images included in your digital scrapbooking projects can be added just
as they were shot in your digital camera or out of your scanner and
they can be modified and improved with Elements.

The main Photoshop Elements page includes many really useful and easy
to follow tutorial with many of them including videos.

The tutorials include a group of
Photoshop Elements must knows, such as
..

Tablet users need to know how to set their Bamboo or Intuos tablets to
change size or Opacity with pen pressure - this is where you will
find out ...

If you only review one digital imaging technique then choose Levels. It
may be the most powerful adjustment available in Photoshop Elements.

Digital
Scrapbooking Tutorials

Creating Backgrounds

Photoshop Elements has 262 built in
backgrounds you can use in your
scrapbook projects! They range from formal and understated to wild and
colorful.

Click on the thumbnail to learn about this great feature of Photoshop
Elements 6.0 and 7.0
and how to create a fabulous background for your projects.
Making Your Own
Background

The
advantages of making your own backgrounds are that they are totally
unique and they reflect your
creative abilities.

There are a variety of different methods to making backgrounds and they
can be combined in many, many different ways.

The techniques you will learn include filters and tools like the
Pattern Stamp Tool as well as some adjustment layers.

Click the thumbnail to learn how to make your own backgrounds.

Scrapbook Images

Adding
images to your scrapbook background is straight forward once you know
how. Images can be added using a simple drag and drop method
and
they can be added using clipping masks.

Photoshop Elements
eliminates the hassles of resizing images with Smart Objects. Click the
thumbnail to learn more about the unique features of Elements including
Clipping Masks and Smart Objects.

Layer Styles

After
the images are on the page, Layer Styles are the next step.
They add cool effects like Drop Shadows, Inner Glows
and all
manner of things to help your images stand out on a scrapbook page.

Layer
styles are not confined to scrapbooking because they can be used
effectively in digital imaging as well. Click the thumbnail
to
learn more about adding Layer Styles.

Adding Text

Probably the last
thing your will enter on your scrapbook pages is the text.

Text can be plain or it can be fancy and it should never overpower the
other elements on the page.

Clink the thumbnail to learn the basics of adding text.

Scrapbook Image
Editing

Editing
your scrapbook images is exactly the same as editing normal images with
Photoshop Elements.

The
reason you will want to edit you scrapbook images is simple - you want
the best images possible on your pages right? Why go to a lot
of
work creating wonderful pages with less than wonderful images?

Click the thumbnail to learn about image editing with Photoshop
Elements.

Text Panels

Text
panels are an effective method for
highlighting text an a scrapbooking page.

They are easy to create and can be decorated in a variety of different
ways.

Layers
styles can also be added to the text panel to make the text panel pop
off of the page. Click on the thumbnail to learn more about
text
panels.

Resources

Click The Thumbnail
...

Scrapbook
Resources
Great resources for your scrapbooking projects

Digital
ScrapbookingStorageDigital
scrapbooking storage is a website that provides information on digital
media used to store the memories in your digital scrapbook so that
these memories can last and be enjoyed in the future.